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A Farewell To Arms By Ernest Hemingway 1899 1961 - 1,322 words
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1899 -
1961) A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1899
- 1961) Type of Work: Psychological realism
Setting Italy and Switzerland; World War I
Principal Characters Fyederic Henry, an American
in the Italian army Catiteritte Barkley, a British
nurse Rinaldi, an Italian surgeon and Frederic's
friend Miss Ferguson, a British nurse and
Catherine's friend Story Overveiw Lieutenant
Frederic Henry, a handsome young American, had
returned from leave in southern Italy to the
front, where he served in the Italian ambulance
corps. The war was still leaning toward victory
for the Italians. During dinner, Lieutenant
Rinaldi, Frederic's jovial surgeon friend needl ...
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Born In 1887, Padre Pio Is Not Yet Canonized Francesco, Named In Honor Of St Francis Of Assisi, Was One Of Eight Children Of - 967 words
Born in 1887, Padre Pio is not yet canonized.
Francesco, named in honor of St. Francis of
Assisi, was one of eight children of Grazio and
Maria Forgione. Francesco was very devout even as
a child, and at an early age felt drawn to the
priesthood. He became a Capuchin novice at the age
of sixteen and received the habit in 1902.
Francesco was ordained to the priesthood in 1910
after seven years of study and became known as
Padre Pio. On September 20, 1918, Padre Pio was
kneeling in front of a large crucifix when he
received the visible marks of the crucifixion. The
doctor who examined Padre Pio could not find any
natural cause for the wounds. Padre Pio describes
what happened in a letter that ...
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Byzantine Empire - 1,969 words
Byzantine Empire The greatest of medieval
civilizations was the Eastern Roman Empire. The
Roman Empire was divided in 395. The Western half,
ruled from Rome, was ruled by the barbarians in
the 5th century. The Eastern half, known as the
Byzantine Empire, lasted for more than over 1,000
years. The Byzantine Empire was one of the leading
civilizations in the world. In 324, Constantine,
the first Christian emperor, became the single
ruler of the Roman Empire. He set up his Eastern
headquarters at the ancient Greek colony of
Byzantium in 330. This city, later renamed
Constantinople, was also known as new Rome. It
became the capital of the Byzantines after the
Roman Empire was divided. Constantin ...
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Caesar And Pompey - 1,665 words
Caesar And Pompey The conference at Luca was a
very important marker in the course of events in
Rome during this time. The principal result of the
conference was that Caesar was assured of
sufficient time to complete the conquest of Gaul,
but conceded parity of armament to his partners
and gave Pompey the sole control of affairs in the
capital. Soon after that very violent and
threatening riots arose in Rome. The riots brought
about an emergency coalition between the Senate
and Pompey. Why should this alliance not be extend
to other objects? asked many of Pompeys loyal
senators. This swelling group of extremists began
to desire to rid themselves of Caesar totally. For
the next two years they ...
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Early History Of The Celts - 1,970 words
Early History Of The Celts INTRODUCTION The
Ancient Celts were not an illiterate people, but
they transferred their knowledge orally. They had
an alphabet of twenty letters called Ogham. Each
letter was named after a tree from the land where
they lived. Ogham was used on standing stones,
primarily on graves and boundary markers. The
primary sources of information about the Celts
are, in that light, the texts written by the
Romans who were in touch with them and Christian
monks, who lived in Irish monasteries in the
Middle Ages. Caesar, Livy and Tacitus, wrote about
their contemporaries who lived in a way different
than themselves and therefore were considered
barbarians, but even though they ...
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Frederick Barbarossa - 1,817 words
Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa, like
other men of his age, was influenced by a growing
resurgence of neoclassical sensibilities. It
should not therefore be considered surprising that
he would have considered himself ruling as
Frederick, by the grace of God emperor of the
Romans and august forever...(A letter to Otto of
Freisling) He like other leaders before and since
saw and welcomed the prestige and sense of
legitimacy offered by the title of Roman Emperor.
To achieve this, kings since the time of
Charlamegne had often traveled to Rome in order to
be crowned Emperor. The pope as heir to the Church
of Constantine provided the symbolic link between
the Roman past and the present E ...
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Greek Architecture - 1,026 words
Greek Architecture The architecture of ancient
Greece is represented by buildings in the
sanctuaries and cities of mainland Greece, the
Aegean islands, southern Italy and Sicily, and the
Ionian coast of Turkey. Monumental Greek
architecture began in the archaic period,
flourished through the classical and Hellenistic
periods, and saw the first of many revivals during
the Roman Empire. The roots of Greek architecture
lie in the tradition of local Bronze Age house and
palaces. The following paper will cover the basic
forms of Greek architecture. One of the many types
of Greek building structures was Sacred
Architecture. The Greeks conceived of their gods
in human form, as anthropomorphic repre ...
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Hannibal Of Carthage - 808 words
Hannibal Of Carthage Hannibal of Carthage: "The
Father of Strategy" Through out history there have
been many great military leaders, Alexander the
Great, Napoleon, Generals Washington, Grant and
Charles Lewis Puller. The one however that sticks
out the most is General Hannibal of Carthage.
Often called the "Father of Strategy" his march
over the Alps is one of the most famous attacks in
military history. Hannibal beat the Roman Army
time and time again before in suicide in 183 BC.
Hannibal was born 247 BC, the son of Hamilcar
Barca, the current General of the Carthaginian
Army. Hannibal's training as a military leader
began at the age of nine when he went to Spain to
be with his father. At H ...
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Herodotus - 290 words
Herodotus Herodotus Essay Herodotus of
Halicarnassus was born about 484 B.C. he died 60
years later. For the time he lived in this age was
very old though by today's standards it is not.
The reason why his age was so outstanding was in
his time the average man live for maybe half that
because of the harsh living conditions. So with
out even any of his writings of thoughts he would
standout as a above average man for his time. But
his age was not all that was amazing about him. In
his life Herodotus traveled a lot. Some of the
places he traveled to were southern Italy, Lower
Egypt, and the Caucasus. This land was in his time
much of the known world, which we now call the
ancient known world. ...
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Industrial Revolution In Different Countries - 492 words
Industrial Revolution in Different Countries
Industrial Revolution in Different Countries After
the first appearance of industrialization in
Britain, many other nations joined in the
industrial revolution. In the 19th century the
Industrial Revolution spread to the United States,
Germany, France, Belgium, and much of the rest of
western Europe. Sometimes, British workers and
entrepreneurs moved to other countries and taught
the manufacturing techniques they had learned in
Britain. Change happened somewhat differently in
each setting because of varying resources,
political conditions, and social and economic
status. In France, industrial development was
delayed by political turmoil and a lack ...
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Italy - 439 words
Italy By. Sean Burnham & Andy Price Location,
Size, and Surrounding Waters Italy is a country
that looks like a boot. It has a population of
about 57.8 million people. It is 116,305 square
miles in area. Some of the surrounding waters are
the Tyrrhenian Sea, which is west of Italy. The
Adriatic Sea, which is east of Italy, and Ionian
Sea, that is southeast of Italy. The capital city
of Italy is Rome. Rivers and Mountains Some of the
rivers in Italy include the Po River, which is the
biggest, and the Tiber River, which isn't quite as
big as the Po. Some of the well-known mountain
ranges are the Alps and the Dolomites. Climate The
climate in Italy is much like the climate of York,
Nebraska. It ...
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Italy Geograpy - 1,109 words
Italy Geograpy Italy is a country in southern
Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region.
Italy is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea
to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the
Lonian Sea to its southeast. Austria and
Switzerland border Italy to the north. France
borders Italy to the northwest. The Capital of
Italy is Rome, also the largest city. The official
language of Italy is Italian. About 98% of the
people in Italy are Roman Catholic. The pope lives
in Rome. Italy is 116,320 sq. miles. In 1994 the
population estimate was about 57,107,000 (491 per
sq. mile). Italy's official name is Repubblica
Italiana (Italian Republic). The National Anthem
is Fratelli d'Italia (Bro ...
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Monasticism In The Middle Ages - 1,575 words
Monasticism in the Middle Ages During the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries, the monasteries served
as one of the great civilizing forces by being the
centers of education, preservers of learning, and
hubs of economic development. Western monasticism
was shaped by Saint Benedict of Nursia, who in
529, established a monastery in southern Italy. He
created a workable model for running a monastery
that was used by most western monastic orders of
the Early Middle Ages. To the three vows of
obedience, poverty, and chastity, which formed the
foundation of most of the old monasteries, he
added the vow of manual labor. Each monk did some
useful work, such as, plowing the fields, planting
and harvesti ...
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Money As A Medium - 882 words
Money As A Medium Money as a Medium Marshall
McLuhan's lasting contribution is his vision of
the ways technology affects and changes history
and culture. McLuhan proposes that technologies
are not mere add-ons to who and what humans are
but, rather, alter them as though the technologies
really are extensions of humans. Technology
determines culture and history to the extent that
it "shapes and controls the scale and form of
human association and action." The introduction of
money affected culture in that this new technology
gave rise to accelerated change and growth within
society. Money increases the volume and diversity
of trade and it facilitates the exchange of goods
and ideas. It also p ...
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Place - 459 words
PLACE Italy covers 116,320 sq. mi. (301,268 km).
Italy lies in southern Europe on the Mediterranean
sea. It borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and
Yugoslavia. The Alps form Italy's northern and
northwestern border. The Apennines occupy the
center of Italy's boot-shape peninsula. The
highest elevation is 15,521 ft. 58,167,000 people
live in Italy. Central and southern Italy have hot
summers and mild winters. Northern Italy has a
slightly cooler summer than the rest of the
country. But it is much cooler in the winter time
than the rest of the country. HUMAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION People in Italy wear
many different types of clothing. In central and
southern Italy people wear short an ...
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Pythagoras - 605 words
Pythagoras Born between 530-569 B.C. Pythagoras of
Samos is described as the first "pure
mathematician." Pythagoras' father was Mnesarchus
of Tyre and Pythais of Samos. Mnesarchus was a
merchant who was granted citizenship after he
brought corn to Samos during a famine. The
citizenship was an act of gratitude. There are
accounts that Pythagoras traveled widely with his
father, even back to his father's home, Tyre and
Italy. During these travels Pythagoras was
educated by Chaldaeans and learned scholars in
Syria. Little is known about Pythagoras' physical
attributes because of the large number of
fictitious descriptions. The only description that
is taken as fact is a birthmark that Pythagora ...
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Pythagorean Theorm - 1,087 words
Pythagorean Theorm The Pythagorean Theorem is a
geometrical expression used often in math and
physics. It used to 2 2 2 find the unknown side of
a right triangle. The exponential form of this
theorem a + b = c . That is the equation you use
when you are looking for the unknown side of a
right triangle, and it is what Ill demonstrate on
the attached exhibit. The upside down capital L in
the bottom of the left hand corner indicates that
sides A & B are the legs of the triangle. Since we
know side A = 5 inches and B = 3 inches we may
fill that in to 2 2 2 or equation for step one.
(1) 5 + 3 = c What the theorem will help us find
is the c side of this triangle. 2. 25 + 9 = c All
we do is distrib ...
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Pythagorus Of Samos - 1,816 words
Pythagorus Of Samos Pythagoras of Samos Pythagoras
of Samos is often described as the first pure
mathematician. He is an extremely important figure
in the development of mathematics yet we know
relatively little about his mathematical
achievements. Unlike many later Greek
mathematicians, where at least we have some of the
books which they wrote, we have nothing of
Pythagoras's writings. The society which he led,
half religious and half scientific, followed a
code of secrecy which certainly means that today
Pythagoras is a mysterious figure. We do have
details of Pythagoras's life from early
biographies which use important original sources
yet are written by authors who attribute divine
power ...
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Quarter Paper: Antonio Vivaldi And The Music Of His Time - 1,393 words
Quarter Paper: Antonio Vivaldi and the music of
his time Throughout history there have been many
distinct periods of time. These various eras are
all alike in a way because they all slowly flow
into each other. One of these unique times was
called the Baroque period. The Baroque time began
during the 1600's and ended early during the early
1700's. The way Baroque music was looked at was
varied depending on where you looked at it from.
In Italy, it was largely energetic and
spectacular. Yet, if you were to travel North, you
would encounter the "gloom's of muted firelight."
This, along with the "shadowy pales of another
world," simply means that this music wasn't
greatly appreciated in Souther ...
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Rappaccinis Daughter - 1,270 words
Rappaccinis Daughter In Rappaccini's Daughter,
Nathaniel Hawthorne examines the combination of
good and evil in people through the relationships
of the story's main characters. The lovely and yet
poisonous Beatrice, the daughter of the scientist
Rappaccini, is the central figure of the story,
while her neighbor Giovanni becomes the observer,
participant, and interpreter of the strange events
that transpire within the garden next door. It is
Giovanni's inability to understand these events
that eventually leads to Beatrice's death.
Giovanni sees things that are either all good or
all bad. While he is quick to judge Beatrice, he
is unable to examine his own motives and thoughts.
During the stor ...
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